Oct 9 2013

Get Things Done Faster with these Microsoft Word Tips

Just read this post from Digital Inspiration. Many special tips about using Microsoft Word! Amazing Tricks!

http://www.labnol.org/software/word-tips-tricks/28267/

Apr 30 2013

WordTalk – Plugin to let MS Word talk

Today, I read a post about “8 Online tools to help educate students with disability“. The Author introduces a plugin on Microsoft Word called” Word Talk“. Quite a strange forward name about their function.

This plugin is Free, and suit from MS Word 97 to MS Word 2010 (the newest).

Just download and install it. You can use it inside the MS Word.

After you downloaded the file as”msi” format. Double-click the file and click “next” to install.

After you installed the “msi” setup file, you need to run the “WORDTALK” icon to activate and install the toolbars in Microsoft Word”.

Then you will find the tools bar in “ADDON” ribbon in MS Word.

You may wish know How to use this add-on in this video below:

Application for Education

For students using English as a second-language, this tools help them a lot. They can decrease the speed , highlight the word when pronounce. Such function makes students can learn it by themself.

Apr 25 2013

Learn.ly – Give a voice comment function on Google Drive

Learn.ly gives you a voice comment function on Google Drive. In general, you only type a comment in doc at Google Drive.

But Lean.ly gives you different. It connects with Google Drive and add voice comment.

After testing, I found that the files created by Google Doc like Doc and presentation can be used with Learn.ly (Voice Comment). Also, html files can be used. Unfortunately, documents like docx, pdf cannot be used. That means seems Voice comment ONLY work with Google Doc. As Learn.ly just a new services. I think it will be having improvement later!

As the recording technology seems using Flash, so you can’t use it on your iPad when recording. But you can listen the voice comment on it. See FAQ for more information.

Application for Education

Using your voice to give comments to students. I think it makes comment more accurate , more suitable for specific students. Students can learn better with improvement.

How to Add Voice Comments to Google Documents (freetech4teachers.com)

Apr 24 2013

Account Killer – Delete your account easily

Account Killer is a web services that help you delete your online services account more easily.

If you want to protect your privacy or want to delete some of online account haven’t use, this website provide a short way (direct link) to delete your account like: Facebook.

It has several tabs to help find the website easily. The web divided into three groups about ” the difficulty of deleting account”. From the easiest (White tab) to hardest (Black in colour).

AccountKiller: instructions for deleting more than 500 online accounts (ghacks.net)

Apr 17 2013

ClipPick – Cross-Platform Copy & Paste Service

Today, I try to use this new service called ClipPick. This service seems developed from Korea.

ClipPick let you copy the text, image, links etc form your mobile device to your desktop computer. Once you installed the apps(Mobile device) and software(PC/Mac). It will do the job behind the system in 10 minutes. You can set up at “Launch when system initiates ” on your PC. Then when you copy(let says hold your finger to copy some text)on your mobile device, you can paste the “text” by right-click the mouse on your PC in any software! This service/APPS/Software support PC/MAC to mobile, mobile to PC/MAC, mobile to mobile….

Awesome!

Apr 16 2013

AWW Whiteboard – online interactive whiteboard with embedded function

awwapp – it’s online whiteboard services. It’s function is simple: collaborative whiteboard!

You just simply click the link “start drawing” , then you have a whiteboard to draw. If you want to share your draw, just click “invite” and share the link.

Application of Education

It is a great and simple whiteboard services for students. If you using Nearpod as your teaching tools, you can also use it within “share web” function!

Mar 21 2013

Instant Google Street View – Shortcut of displaying maps in Google Street View

After use it , the response time is amazing! Just type the address, then view the street view instantly!

After input “Lady Elliot IslanSad Underwater”, then just one second……

Application for Education:

No need to go to Google Maps Page first, just type the address, then view it. Fast and easy! Also, you can download the scene and share to other by shorten link.

Mar 13 2013

Reblogged – Deployment iPAD in school

I try to figure out what’s the best way to deploy iPad in school.

Here is the post I found:

1) My Guide to iPad deployment in school (31.1.2012) – the best post I think

2) Authorization rules on iTunes (Chinese Version)(22.6.2011) or (English Version)

3) More on Apple ID’s (25.6.2012)

4) Your Apple Id is limited in 10 devices (20.8.2011)

5) Apple Quietly Updates iTunes Policy To Reduce The Number Of Authorized Devices Per Account (8.8.2011)

6) Volume Purchasing

Ref info:

Apple in Education – Volume Purchase Program(VPP)

IOS 6 Education Deployment Guide

IOS 5 Education Deployment Guide

Mar 7 2013

StatWorld – Interactive Maps

State World – This site provides an interactive action to create the Maps in different field.

This is established in Flash technology. You may better use it on PC/Mac.

It has 11 types of data to handle:

Digital Divide & ICT, Drugs & Crime, Economy & Development, Education, Gender, Health, Language, Politicial, Population, Rankings.

After you select different types of data, you can select “indicators of that field”, “your forced region”, and “time-period”.

If you continue click the city, your graph with show different data all in one!

After you select the data, you can export as “Map”, “Graph” and “Data” in PNG format.

Application for Education

Using a graph to show the data is one of presentation skills in learning. All these data is verified with trusted sources. It should be trusted in learning.

StatWorld – Interactive Maps of Development Data (freetech4teachers.com)

Jan 21 2013

PhoneClean – Make your iDevices faster

PhoneClean – Its freeware for you to clean your iDevices. Make it faster and smooth!

Jan 14 2013

Wolfram Alpha – Why you need to sign up?

Wolfram Alpha – The World’s famous search web site since 2009 (18/5).

It is a computational knowledge engine. Each time you type in the question, the answer will calculate(display) for you.

So, why need to sign up? You can enjoy(<—- copy from the confirmation E-mail)

1) step-by-step solutions (three times a day , get guided help with math problems)

2)Personal Analytics (analyze your Facebook profile!)

3) History and Favourites

4) Preferences (set your preferred unit of measurement, currency, etc)

5) Copyable plaintext

Jan 3 2013

Custom QRCode – SUPER! The Best custom QRcode website

Unitag – Free Online customize your QRcode. It’s give you serval functons:

1) Differect Colour

2) Different Shapes

3) Different patterns

4) Add custom logo

Oct 25 2012

iTools – one-stop manager of iDevices

This tools can manage your iDevices without iTunes.

You can download the file in Windows or Mac Version wtih different Language.

Here is the 8 major use of iTools:

Oct 16 2012

Accessing iCloud’s Files and Images on Mac( Updated)

Before use this method , I recommend read this before! Important!!

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Many and many peoples use the “iCloud” services. Most of them access the files on APPS, like Keynote and GoodReader. You need to open your APPS and access your work! But, when you back to your MAC, you can’t or difficult to access it. Now, you can access your files in 2 ways:

1) Simple, Clear UI : Plain Cloud

Go to this website to download the application for Mac called “Plain Cloud“.

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After you intalled, you can simply found all your Files!

You can find the various applications that using your iCloud file sharing services. For examples: Notes, Keynote, ifiles. Click on this. Now, you can copy, delete the files.

2) No need to install the ANY Apps:

– Firstly, your MAC should be log-in with your iCloud Account.

-Press “Command+Shift+G”, then key in “~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub/”, btw, no need to key ” “. Just the word from “~” to “/” .

– In the upper right corner of the Finder window, type some words, then search for “Image” and select “Kind: Image” from the pull down menu

– Clear the search that you type. All your images will appear if you enabled the function of “PhotoStream” on your Mac and IOS devices.

P.S. If you want to more clear steps. You find the posts on osXdaily, the icon master.

P.S. If you change the “kind:image” into “kind:document”. Your files also appear!

Cheers!

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